Improvement in traps for animals



NITED STATES JoHN I. BBABYN, oE NE YoBK, N. Y.

IMPoVEMENT IN TRAPS FoR ANIMALS.

S1)ooifiotion foTfning 1)a1't of Letters 1 atent 1 To. l 9,S5, dote(IApTi16,1858.

Be it known that I, JOEN T- BBABYN, of the oity ono ooonty of Newfork,in the State of NeW York, have invented neW ound llSefn1 hofebydeolare thab the fo110,ving iS a full, C1er, nd exaot deSofiption of TnySaid iII1- pfovement, Tefofenoe being had to tho aooon1 panyingdraWingS, nlaking poff of thiS Speoifiootion.

1he Dofnre of my invention oonSiStS iI1tho oonStrootion of oself-Setti11g of solf-odjoSting trop fo1' the ooptore of aniolols ofvafionS kindS, So thf Dy 11tln1ber of fotS or T1ioe, for inStanoe,olaybe oanght iT1 SoooeSSion vithont tho trouble of TeSetoing the trp.

To aooonlpliSh thiS desigo I oon trnot Tny iInprovod tra of vife of ofany other soitable Tnaterial, ano i1 any fofn1 and of any Size thotInaybe deSiroble. I11 one Side and ner the top iS n opening of SnitaJbleoopaoity to dmio the animal fof Whioh it iS intonded,

v Whioh oonstitoteS the entranoe to the trop.

hiS opening iS Surfoonded on three SideS aIld opon the top by a oloSe(1)fbition thnSforn1- ing o Soft of fooeSS extending to noor the oen tefof tho tra fho botto11 of fioo1 of thiS recoSS is1eve1, ono forInS, inoonnectioI1 With an inolined plone hoving itS poSition on tho outSide ofthe trp, What moy be denominated o tilti1]g plotfoTIn. The objeot of thein olined plone iS to fooilitate the entronoe of the onin1al to tho tropby oofdingn eosy 1eanS of Soent to the oponing in the Side nd ibs oonneotion With the Sides of the opening of the bottoIn by o hingo of propeoonStruotion fofInS the folofnn1 npon hioh it tofnS. The leve1 oftion ofthe platforIn foTming, aS it doeS, tho floor of the reoeSS, ServeS aSland ing-plooe fof the anin1al ftef he hoS aSoended the inolined ploneto the opening. Fron1 thiS point he ooo eSi1y detefoline the preoise 10-oolity of the bit vhioh haS lured hin1 thnS for by ifS sovory SInell. ItWi11 here be ob Sefved thot the baif iS p1oed of tho farther extre111ityof the reoeSS neof the top, and is uite fvithin the oenteI' of the trap.AS the 1111S11speoting viotiIn, intenf on SeonrIng the de1iote InorSel,dvnoeS afong the fecesS, he Snddonly feelS the floor gfving vy ffoInbenefh hiln, ano ere he iS owafe of the dongef he iS Safely depoSited inthe Snug qnorteTS af fanged for hiS roooption, While fhe treoo11er ousooof upon Whioh he advanoed So boldly haS, in oonSeqnenoe of itSoonneotion With the inolined plane, reburned to its forTner poSition,Where it iS in reodiness for another viotin.

Io will thuS be pefoeived thf thiS trap When onoe iT1 poSition onfoolain ony length of tinle o ithont a viSit ffon1thetrpper, Sti11pefforIn ing ifs offioe, tho bait a11 the tiIne femaining u11tollohedand Secore. nim1S of vorions kindS and olSo birdS Inay thnS be oUgh bWith oot injory to their bodieS.

It Will be obSefved thof eSopo iS impoSSib1e S the on1y TneanS ofontranoe tothe trp iS by t11e oor of the reoeSS, vvhioh offef theaT1iIIlal iS SafelydopoSited belov7, inStantly fe tornS to it plaoe,effooto11y o10Sing the en tranoe aJtI(1 pfeventing egreSS in thtdireotion. It will alSo be Seen thot the ooInbinofion of the inolinedplone nd the horiZontl fioor of the reoeSS foro1S the 111oSt )erfeotrrngement for the oeftain ooptofe of the ani[naL Tho noor beinghofiZont1 Tvil1 in oo1seqoenoo bo n1uoh eaSier depreSSod, nd ffofdS leSSfooil ity fof the Tetreot of the onirnol thon Woold be the oSe Wereib.in ny othe1' 1)oSition, nd, being Sorfoonded on al1 sideS by oSn1ooth portition, there iS no ohanoe fof ]1i1 to loap oSide When hefeelS hilnSelf goingdown, So tht onoo opon thehoriZont1oor his optnre iSoeftain.

Figore 1 iS viow of trop oonSbrooted of Wife, in Whioh the hne A iS thetilting platfofIn, oonlpfised of the inolined )1ne ond horiZont1 floofof the feoeSS aS they pper f1enin Stto of readineSS to Teoeivo theStright plotforno properly balonoed opon ono of itS SideS fof the popoSe of dfopping the anilna1 into the said rece taole, &o. bnf in 11Sooh afrangeolentS thofe has been a wantof SoII1e IIleajnS to preventthe ani1I1l froII1 leoping aSide of retreoting of the -I11oInent vhen

